Family Flashcards
What quote does Dickens use to highlight that the Cratchits aren’t special but their family love strengthens them and makes them happy?
- “nothing of high mark”
- “happy, grateful, pleased with one another, and contented with the time”
How does Dickens describe Belle’s family and house?
- full of “joy, and gratitude, and ecstasy”
- “not very large or handsome” but is “full of comfort
Which quotes shows that Scrooge thinks family is a burden?
- “my clerk, with fifteen shillings a week, and a wife and family, talking about a merry Christmas”
- Christmas Present ghost has 1800 and Scrooge mutters “a tremendous family to provide for”
How is Scrooge’s corpse left?
How does it contrast over the loss of Tiny Tim?
- “plundered and bereft, unwatched, unwept, uncared for”
- the Cratchits are in lots of grief and shed lots of tears
What was Queen Victoria’s family like during the time?
she had 9 children with Albert and was presented as a loving, happy, model family
What brings excitement and positivity to the Cratchit household?
the young Cratchits - “crammed spoons into their mouths, lest they should shriek for goose”
What is the quote which shows Scrooge realises that family is important for happiness?
“won-der-ful happiness!”
How does Belle’s husband describe seeing Scrooge?
“quite alone in the world”
